The scene is the southwestern U.S., where Del Whipple, a DEA employee stumbles on an old abandoned mineshaft. When Whipple enters the mine he discovers a major methamphetamine operation. The perpetrators shoot and leave him to die. Miraculously he escapes, and is determined to bring his captors to justice.

The scene is the Salkehatchie Swamp in South Carolina. Cyndi Cooper, a young GeeChee girl, tending Jeff Ireland’s Alzheimer stricken wife lets her escape into the swamp to die. Jeff tells Oats Schonfeld he wants revenge. Oats, head of the local Cobb Club and former KKK leader kills Cyndi. Deputy Sheriff Caley Givens, investigates and uncovers Oats' murder of two 1968 civil rights workers also.